Biden tells Netanyahu 'US won't participate in counter-offensive'

President Joe Biden told Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu that the US would not participate in any Israeli counter-offensive against Iran, according to reports by CNN and the Wall Street Journal.

Biden reportedly suggested that a further response to Iran's attack on Saturday night was unnecessary. Senior US officials also told their Israeli counterparts that the US would not participate in an offensive response, the reports added.

White House security spokesperson John Kirby said the US would continue to help Israel defend itself, but added that it did not want war with Iran.

"We don't seek escalated tensions in the region. We don't seek a wider conflict," Kirby told ABC.